Picture-frame



(No model.)

J. A. BOOHER. PICTURE FRAME.

Patented May 12, 1896.-

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WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

ANDREW B GRAHAM. FHUTO-UTNJWASHINGI'ON. D1;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB A. BOOHER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTU RE-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,080, dated May 12,1896.

Application filed February 14, 1896. Serial No. 579,215. (No model.)-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB A. BOOHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPicture-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart thereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvedframe. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section therethrough, and Fig. 3 isa central horizontal section.

My invention relates to a glass pictureframe, and the object of theinvention is to provide such a frame in the form of a glass plate withapicture-receivingrecess or pocket between its opposite faces and havingan opening at one edge of the frame for the insertion of the pictureswhich will be placed back to back therein, so that a picture will beexposed at each face of the frame through the transparent glass.

The invention will; be first described, and then specifically pointedout in the claims.

A represents my improved picture-frame formed of a single piece of glassby means of a suitable mold.

A represents the glass border of the frame, which is preferably raisedbeyond the transparent central panels A and the border may be ornamentedin any suitable manner and may also be given any suitable color orfrosted.

A is a picture-receiving pocket extending inwardly from one of the edgesof the frame between the front and rear faces thereof, so as to admit oftwo pictures being inserted back to back therein and exposed through thecentral panels A A in the two faces of the frame. If desired, thelframemay havea metallic binding-strip B. Instead of making the frame in onepiece it may be formed in two sections glued together face to face. Theopen end of the pocket may be sealed with putty, cement, or in any othersuitable way to prevent air and dust from entering.

The advantages of such a frame will be readily apparent, as it may bewashed and kept clean, may be carried into and out of a sick-room andsterilized to prevent germs being carried from one place to another.Both faces are utilized to expose pictures, and it may be used also toexpose autograph letters and other highly-prized papers, translucentpictures, 850.

Small holes a are sion-cord, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the picture-frame hereindescribed, the same being formed integrally of glass and having acentral picture-receiving pocket between its opposite and paralleltransparent panels, as shown and described. 1

2. As a new article of manufacture a picture-frame formed of a glassplate having a picture-receiving pocket extending inwardly from one edgebetween its front and rear faces, a border integral with the plate and atransparent panel forming a center of the plate and through which thepicture will be visible when inserted in the pocket, substantially asset forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture a picture-frame formed of a glassplate having a raised border and provided with transparent panels in itsopposite faces integral with the border and a picture-receiving pocketeX- tending inwardly from one edge of the plate provided for asuspenbetween the two transparent panels, substantially as set forth.

4. As a new article of manufacture a picture-frame formed of glass witha picture-receiving pocket between its front and rear faces and open atone edge of the frame, said frame having a transparent center and acontrasting border therearound, substantially as set forth.

JACOB A. BOOHER.

lVitnesses FRANK. R. LIGGETT, O. M. BURNS.

